Chapter 5

Here. Again.

I was tired of living in such a place. The blood that was shed in this place was so gruesome and the tales that hid behind the warehouse on Main Street were more true then perceived to be.

Here is where I was groomed to be the Consigliere that I am today.

Ruthless

Dangerous

Careless

Everything that Bras intended for me to be.

A killer.

We were only here for a brief visitation for the men I called my brothers to meet my daughter Xoana.

"Aurora?" A deep voice said as I walked down the hall of the warehouse. It seemed much longer then before, the moans of the women seemed to be much louder.

"Ugh." I covered Xo's ear and eyed Bras annoyingly. He got the gesture and fired one gunshot into the roof of the place.

"MY DAUGHTER IS HERE! FRONT AND CENTER!" Bras shouted his authority still top notch.

It was still sexy as fuck.

Moans seized and men and women rushed out ready for their next order. Their were a bunch of newcomers. I could tell right off the bat which were trainees and which had arrived shortly after my departure.

"Sweet heart this is Adonis, my 3rd Capo." Bras held his hand out. I nodded as a man around the same height as me but same build as my husband stepped forward. His hair was pitch black as was the multiple of other people of this mafia. His eyes were gray with a scar complementing the left eye.He dressed formally as did all of the higher ranked mafian members.

"Sorry boss but who is the 2nd capo?" A woman asked. She stood in the front, her skin pale white and her hair platinum blonde. The only color that stuck out aside from the bright clothing she wore was her bright red matte lipstick.

"Xoana is." I spoke. I sounded more womanly than I thought I did. This was my voice... it finally occurred to me that this was the way my voice sounded for years. I only just noticed it.

All eyes had turned to me and I stared back... unmovingly.

"You must be the consigliere." The same woman smiled. I didn't return the gesture and I watched her lips straightened.

"You are correct but I didn't quite catch your name dear. Who the hell are you." Shit my own voice fucking scared me.

"Her name isn't important, but Aurora you're still as intimidating is ever." A voice from the back sounded. It was familiar.. too familiar. It wasn't Serenity and as the people moved out the way as the entity moved closer I saw her dark brown hair and her beautiful smooth milk chocolate skin... It was Raven the woman I grew up with. if it weren't for her and Achilles, and Jordan, Ace, and Anastasia I wouldn't be here right now. I groaned deeply and rose my gun to her head stopping her dead in her tracks.

See you would expect Xoana to yell at the sight of the gun but she isn't an ordinary child if you couldn't already tell. Guns and knives fascinated her to the T. She loved them.

"Raven." I frowned. She smiled and nodded.

"Aurora, look at you... Still as beautiful as the day I met you."

"Don't try and fucking sweet talk me you english tramp." I scowled. She chuckled. Raven was British and her accent was still very much alive.

"You act like I did you wrong. I mean look at you, I knew from 3rd grade at Reese Jackson elementary when you bashed that girls skull into the gym locker that you were Consigliere material. Fierce, fearless, remorseless, rich. Everything you were meant to be."

"You've been an associate for that long?"

"But of course. Bras was always like a big brother to me."

"You always dealt with your problems out of anger." A much deeper voice tunneled through the crowd out stepped another familiar face, and then another. But where was the last one?

"Fuck is this? A highschool fucking reunion?!"

"Mom thats a bad word!" Xo intervened.

"Sorry baby."

At this point both guns were drawn moving between the 3 people present.

"Ace, Anastasia, and Raven. If Achilles is dead there is only one more left where is Jordan?" I snarled remembering everything they put me through that day.

"Baby." Bras whispered.

"Yes?"

"They got you here to me."

"And without them you wouldn't have met us."

Now that voice i recognized. It was Rafael.

I looked to my left to see Rafael and serenity holding the hands of 3 little munchkins. 2 of which were twins.

"RAFAEL!" I put my guns away and ran to him.

"Ei idiota." (hey idiot) He smiled.